![]() Or to spell it out a bit more: People like me (and presumably you VP) want high quality recordings, sometimes very specific versions of a recording. There's a HUGE difference between the average media consumer (nearly everyone who owns a TV or radio or speaker) and a collector/librarian. In reading your posts over the years, I thought you were kind of the classic MC user: A collector and "media librarian". I still love the sound and I still love the ability to "manage" my music and movies.īut I have never been more aware that a day without any need to "manage" is coming - faster than I ever thought it would. (How 90's in retrospectĪs one of this minority - I am certainly not ready to throw in the towel just yet. Not sure where MC is going to fit into those plans if all it wants to do is cater to an ever dwindling "audiophile" minority who steadfastly fills some odd need to "maintain" a physical library. Tis a sad existence but the fact is - the world is moving fast and drastically altering the entertainment landscape almost daily. Outside of it's current "last stand" in our media room for watching movies - JRiver sees little to no use on any of our 5 PCs except my own - as I sit and hack metadata and album art for a collection that sadly no one wants to explore - several hours a week. Like Michael123 above - as scary as it sounds - I can feel a day is coming where I will no longer have the desire or time or need to maintain/manage a physical collection and will no doubt let JRiver go. Adding in a new Samsung Smart TV into the mix made these services even easier to use. ![]() Netflix quickly lead to Prime Video which lead to Crave (here in Canada) - and before I really paid any attention - my wife and son have moved 100% lock, stock and barrel over to our Roku, Spotify etc. ![]() I have tried for well over 5 years to "promote" JRiver and get the family involved - but they have moved ALL their viewing and listening habits - seemingly right under my nose. Pupp on January 08, 2020, 07:24:18 am There is a way to turn JRiver into a set top box. I do not pay for cable, but rather use an antenna for OTA TV JRiver paid for itself in less than a month.įor streaming from online services from a PC, PlayOn is one option. My equipment cabinet now has two items: Home Theater PC, and a multi-channel receiver. They now hold books.Ģ) In Theater View for its ability to play back music including multi-channel SACD without having to have a separate device.ģ) I use it to stream to my phone, which no longer has to have its storage taken up with video files, music files, or photos - all of which are streamed by JRiver.Ĥ) As a replacement for multiple electronic components. My bookshelves are now completely free of VHS tapes, CD's, cassettes, and records. It is far more useful to me than that.ġ) In Theater View for its Digital Video Recorder and live OTA TV abilities, and ability to play back a dozen terabytes worth of converted VHS tapes from 1980's to 2000's, video previously recorded from Hauppauge USB PVR in 2000's - 2010, and from WMC 2010 to 2019, and DVD and CD collection, and converted cassette tapes and records. That said, do not see JRiver solely as a replacement for a set top box. It worked great for me in early versions of JMC 25, but started hanging in later versions. In JRiver theater view, add a link to TVAppLauncher as an external program. There is a way to turn JRiver into a set top box.
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